Climate averages 1991–2020
Sodo weather
in July.
A mild, very wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Sodo: daytime highs average 20.2°C and nights cool to about 12.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 238 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gununo (14 km away). In July its highs average 20.7°C, 0.5°C warmer than Sodo, with 236 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Sodo ranks joint 32nd of 40 for the warmest July highs and 28th of 40 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 40 cities is 22.9°C; Sodo is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 238 mm to 253 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Sodo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 18 | 3.7 | 11.812 h |
| February | 26.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 21 | 4.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 26.2°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 70 | 11.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 160 | 20.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 22.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 210 | 25.0 | 12.412 h |
| June | 21.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 198 | 24.9 | 12.513 h |
| July, selected | 20.2°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 238 | 27.0 | 12.512 h |
| August | 20.6°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 253 | 26.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 21.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 227 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 22.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 128 | 18.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 23.9°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 41 | 6.1 | 11.812 h |
| December | 24.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 15 | 2.7 | 11.712 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Gununo in JulyEthiopia · 14 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 236 mm rain
- Āreka in JulyEthiopia · 24 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.9°C · 236 mm rain
- K’olīto in JulyEthiopia · 62 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.5°C · 158 mm rain
- Yirga ‘Alem in JulyEthiopia · 73 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.6°C · 124 mm rain
- Hosa’ina in JulyEthiopia · 77 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 261 mm rain
- Dīla in JulyEthiopia · 79 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Awasa in JulyEthiopia · 82 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Shashamane in JulyEthiopia · 100 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 13.4°C · 60 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Sodo) is explained once on the Sodo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.